Fisherman Mourned By His Wife When you were not quite thirty and the sunhad not tanned you into old-boat brownwhen you were not [...]

Gajaga Wannama The elephants are out. Last night they marchedGorgeous through streets, caparisoned like kings,Electric radiance shattering the night,Laden with relics, talismans and [...]

Lepidoptera On broken butterfly wing, your crippled mindfluttered into my schoolroom. Failed. And died.I couldn’t do a thing to stir its organsof poor [...]

The Interview I didn’t bring my C.V. Name –Date of birth –Address –G.C.E. O/L five, threeA/L bio one C, Two Sany job will [...]

Kite Against the deep blue skythe multi-coloured kiteflewover the top of the green treesheavy with fruitthe golden green waveson the ripening rice fieldstared [...]

Musical Singing they wentThose troops of youthLooking so smartIn their green-brown uniformsHappy they wereAs they drummed with their handsAnd sang their songsAnd beat [...]

Monuments The bus sweeps past the swinging treesAnd the road unwinds long and coldThe chassis creaks with the loadAnd jolts to a halt [...]

A Soldier’s Wife Weeps Last Saturday when you went back from leaveI watched until you disappeared over the bendAnd’ long after until my [...]